1.   He was chosen to make the nominating speech for Nixon.

2.   Herbert Hoover, the only living past president, gave the nominating speech.

3.   Nominating speeches were first used to persuade delegates to vote for a candidate.

4.   Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi, the Senate majority leader, used his nominating speech for Cheney to deliver pointed criticism of congressional Democrats opposed to tax cuts.

5.   Texans Wendy Gramm, wife of U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm, and U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla will give the nominating speeches.

6.   This was a convention in which the presidential nominating speech focused on a story about how, at Harvard, Gore once roasted a turkey in the dorm fireplace.

7.   This was a convention in which the presidential nominating speech focused on a story about how at Harvard, Gore once roasted a turkey in the dorm fireplace.

8.   Time and again, as governor making a nominating speech or as candidate and president, Bill Clinton has talked to wretched excess.

9.   Warner is still three rings light, and he has not yet done nearly enough to stroll into the Hall of Fame without so much as a nominating speech.

10.   Delegates heard three nominating speeches for the vice president.